NYA Proposes Two Projects To Employ Hundreds in Gallia County
NYA district and Gallia County leaders consider two plans to employ around 300 NYA workers. One would expand Fortification Hill park with shelter houses roads and trails. The other seeks a roadside park near Vinton funded by the state highway department with donated land.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Eee Baerysis
Orp Cpg Or
NYA
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Board of
Gallia County Commissioners
Fortification Hill
Robert Kleinschmidt
John Gwinn
Gwinn
Vinton
State Highway Department
NYA Labor
Holzer
McCormick Creek
Sugar Creek Hill
Jackson County
Thurman Village
Land Friends Conference Opens Friday in Columbus
Dr. Charles E. Holzer, vice president of the new Friends of the Land, will be program chair for a three day summer conference in Columbus starting Friday at noon. Ohio figures including Governor Bricker, Louis Bromfield, Grove Patterson, and Wilbur Stout will appear at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel. The event features an auto caravan tour Saturday and Sunday to study water and soil conservation.
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Gallipolis
National Society, Friends of the Land
Charles E. Holzer
Columbus
Holzer
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Land Use Committee Sets Meeting Across Six Counties
The six county Land Use Committee will meet August 7 at the Gallipolis courthouse. Dr George Lasher of Rutland will speak along with M L Predmore of Ohio State and Fred Crow of Wayne National Forest. Topics include forest development and farm labor shortages.
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Gallipolis
Jackson
Meigs
Lawrence
Vinton
Scioto
Gallia
George Lasher
Rutland
M. L. Predmore
Ohio State University
Fred Crow
Wayne National Forest
State Employment Service
Lasher
E. G. Royer
Number of Marriage Licenses Remain High
Gallipolis reports a continuing high number of marriage licenses issued. The list includes pairs such as Lee W. Adams 25 and Sarah E. Nickerson 23 Wheeling. William Curry 23 and Pauline E. Halley ... The long roster shows many couples from multiple towns in West Virginia and nearby areas.
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Gallipolis
Lee W. Adams
Sarah E. Nickerson
Wheeling
William Curry
Pauline E. Halley
Chesapeake
Francis C. Wenmoth
Joan Swain
Raymond J. Swisher
Vinton
Pauline McMillen
Ewington
Stephen K. Noble
Cora Pauley
Lesage
W. Va
Frederick Thomas
Fauver
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis Social Notes and Community Happenings
Gallipolis reports a surprise miscellaneous shower for Mrs. John Houck at Mrs. Harold Bowman home with bridge games and refreshments. Also noted are Ka nauga Women’s Society gathering by the Ohio River with devotions, a bridge party hosted by Grace Derry Wetherholt, and an engagement announcement for Ruth Hamilton to Charles Stilwell in Columbus with Stilwell in the naval reserve in Chicago.
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Gallipolis
John Houck
Nancy Leaper
Harold Bowman
Margie Dillon
Evans Heights
Houck
Harold Wood
Sylvan Gardner
Marjorie Cox
Ruth Stewart Clark
Janet Booth
Mary Louise Mohr
Louise Evans
Bette Leaper
Grace Derry Wetherholt
Pauline Johnson
Dorothy Lanier
George T. Hamilton
Ruth Hamilton
Charles E. Stilwell
Columbus
Henry Hamilton
Mr. Stilwell
Naval Reserve
Chicago
Dinner honors J Harvey Delaney at Island View Inn
Thirteen friends attended a dinner Friday at Island View Inn to honor J Harvey Delaney for outstanding work with First Baptist Church. He received a handsome gift as a token of appreciation and a letter from Rev. George Sagen was read. Delaney plans to depart soon to work as an expert mechanic for the government at Fort Bragg.
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Harvey Delaney
Island View Inn
First Baptist Church
Delaney
George Sagen
Fort Bragg
N. C
Picnic supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Rayburn
Mr and Mrs Harry Rayburn entertained Friday evening at a lawn picnic supper for Sterling service station employees on First Ave. The event brought together coworkers in a casual gathering at the Rayburn home to share food and conversation.
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Harry Rayburn
First Ave
Sterling Service
Sta
Accident Shoots Leg Near Vinton Resident
Sherman Bunch, 73, of Gallipolis near Vinton, was hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with a 38 caliber pistol wound to his left leg below the knee. He said he was preparing to attend church and was handling the gun when it discharged. The large leg bone was shattered but surgeons hoped to save the limb.
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Gallipolis
Sherman Bunch
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
Bunch
Whitlock Returns Home After Breakneck Fall Injury
G. L. Whitlock age 73 from Syracuse has been brought back to his home in Gallipolis from Holzer Hospital. He remains unimproved after suffering a broken neck in a fall at his residence.
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Gallipolis
Syracuse
G. L. Whitlock
Holzer Hospital
Expect Woman Candidate To Enter Commission Primary
A strong probability of a woman candidate entering the Gal lpolis city commission race in the August 12 primary stirs debate. The Messenger notes the city charter lacks gender provisions, but supporters cite the line any elector may hold the commissionership. A legal ruling is sought before petition filing closes 20 days before the primary.
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Gallipolis
Gty Commission
Rhinoceros Beetle Found On Ohio Farm Near Rodney
A rhinoceros beetle, first sighted in this part of Ohio, was located on the Hamrick farm near Rodney and sent to state entomologist T. H. Parks for identification. The gray insect, as large as a silver dollar, bears two long horns and feeds after impaling its prey. Parks notes such beetles are common in the South and one was previously found in Scioto County. The beetle has been returned to Lester Hamrick.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Hamrick
Rodney
T. H. Parks
Columbus
E. G. Royer
Parks
Scioto County
Lester Hamrick
L. C. Dayton
Bob
Patricia
Lansing
Mich
Dayton
W. M. Scott
Winchester
Kalamazoo
Dorothy Lanier
Cleveland
Reginald Archer
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Mamie
Clara Gills
Jack
Betty Jo Lunsford
Gallipolis Clinic
Pt. Pleasant
Weston
Geraldine Morgan
Harry E. Morgan
Harrison Township
Ross County
Adelphi
Morgan
Gallia County
Chambersburg Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Bodimer
Fifteen members and guests attended the Chambersburg Ladies Aid Society meeting hosted by Mrs Della Bodimer. A covered dish lunch followed the program and the next meeting is planned with Mrs Garland Caudill on July 24.
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Chambersburg Ladies Aid Society
Della Bodimer
Garland Caudill
Magistrate Earl Moore Opens Office in Clendenin Building
Gallipolis announces Magistrate Earl Moore opening an office at Second and Locust Streets with his daughter Margery Moore as assistant.
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Gallipolis
Earl Moore
Clendenin
Second and Locust Streets
Margery Moore
Cattle Men To Attend Hereford Meeting
Gallia County cattle raisers plan two carloads for the Ohio Hereford Association field day on July 17 at Chisholm Farms near Cincinnati. The event will bring cattlemen together for demonstrations and交流 practical Hereford practice.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio Hereford Association
Chisholm Farms
Cincinnati
Mrs. Andrew Carroll Files Divorce Action
Mrs. Andrew Carroll has filed for divorce alleging neglect after 27 years of marriage. The couple shares a large family of children.
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Andrew Carroll
Gallipolis
Install New Officers For Knights of Pythias
Naomi Lodge of Knights of Pythias in Gallipolis installed new officers led by Shelby Roberts as commander and L L Lovett as vice commander. Clyde Bradbury became prelate and Harry Cameron master of work with Virgil Roberts as master at arms. Nelson Brucker and Arthur Hoyt were named guards.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Shelby Roberts
L. L. Lovett
Clyde Bradbury
Harry Cameron
Virgil Roberts
Nelson Brucker
Arthur iHoyt
Drunk Prisoner Escapes During Breakfast
Gallia county officers report several plain drunks were rounded up Saturday night. One prisoner escaped from jail during breakfast, while other habitual offenders were also detained.
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Gallipolis
Mrs John Sapp Admitted to Cherrington Hospital
Mrs John Sapp of New Straitsville Route 1 was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Saturday evening where she is under observation.
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John Sapp
New Straitsville
Cherrington Hospital
John McGomery Dicte on Addition Taken to Columbus
John McGomery Dicte on Addition was taken to a Columbus bus hospital today. He has been seriously ill for several weeks.
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Logan
John McGomery
Dicte
Colume
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